Mix cornflour with a little almond milk into a smooth paste.Set aside.Place a saucepan over medium heat. Combine the rest of the almond milk with the sugar and cardamon pods and slowly bring to the boil,stirring frequently.Remove from the heat and pick out the cardamon pods. Add the cornflour paste and blend in well. Return to a low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. (about 15 mins). Be careful not to let the mixture stick to the bottom of the pan.Remove from the heat and add the rosewater. Give it a good stir. pour into individual dishes or a large bowl and garnish.

Kahi: it is customary for Iraqi Jews to eat this dish at Shavuot:

It is dough rolled out as thinly as filo, brushed with butter,
then folded like a handkerchief and fried. Then, icing sugar
sprinkled on them.

Here is some useful background on the festival (My Jewish Learning):

On
Shavuot, we celebrate the giving of Torah at Mount Sinai. According to
Jewish tradition, the Torah has seventy “faces”, but is still one,
unified Torah. Shavuot customs celebrate the gift of Torah, and show
the same diverse presentation of a few unifying core ideas. Each Jewish
culture is unique, and at the same time, integrated with the worldwide
Jewish community.

There are many special foods for Shavuot, in different Jewish cultures.
Dairy is popular because, when the Israelites in the desert received the
Torah, including the kosher laws, there was no kosher meat yet
available. Torah is compared to honey, so many traditional Shavuot foods
are sweet, as well. Persian Jews make “Polao mastin” a dish made of
rice and milk, and “koltcha shiri”, a dairy cake, while in Greece there
is a special dairy porridge made with cinnamon called “sutlag”. In
Poland, cheesecake is the traditional Shavuot dessert. Libyan Jews
make necklaces strung with cookies or pretzels in symbolic shapes for
their children. Iraqi Jews make “sambusak”, a savory pastry filled with
cheese. The exact details of the menu are fluid—any interpretation of a
dairy meal and dessert would be appropriate. This is an excellent
opportunity to try out a new recipe, symbolic of our renewed
relationship with Torah, or to take the time for an old family favorite,
to celebrate your roots.

It is common for communities to prepare their synagogues for Shavuot
with natural decorations. Greek Jews historically decorated their
synagogues with green branches and a variety of flowers. Even today
Bukharan Jews use red roses. In Poland, synagogues were decorated with
flowers, branches, and paper cuttings called “reizelach”, or roses, in
Yiddish. German Jews would place two flowering branches on either side
of the Ark, as a symbol that Torah is our Tree of Life. Consider
decorating your synagogue or home with local, in season, flowers and
greenery.

Traditional communities hold a “Tikkun
Leil Shavuot”, a night-time Torah study session which can last anywhere
from a couple of hours to all night long. In some communities this is
held in the synagogue, while in others, it is located private homes.
People may recite specific passages from different traditional texts,
while others prepare different topics, which change from year to year.
Study is a potent way of renewing our understanding of Torah.

Shavuot is full of opportunities for communal gatherings and fun.
Libyan and Moroccan Jews spray water onto passersby, because the Torah
is compared to water, and our reconnection to Torah is a source of
blessing.

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